Ross Bencina AudioMulch v2.1.2 Interactive Music Studio

Ross Bencina has updated AudioMulch to version 2.1.2. This update resolves a small number of high priority bugs. It is recommended that users of version 2.1.1 upgrade to the new version.

Changes:

• Fixed bug where contraption preset window would spontaneously disappear when one of the contraption editor button tooltips displayed and then hid.

• Fixed bug in audio settings where setting devices to None was not remembered after restarting AudioMulch. Instead, the default device and all channels would be selected at next startup.

• Fixed bug/crash assertion failure "DRAG_STATE_NONE" when trying to drag 5Combs contraption editor while pitch selection window was visible.

• Fixed bug where selection of AIFF files was not possible during the "locate missing sound files" process.

• Improved scroll wheel behavior in properties pane. Scroll wheel no longer gets stuck on individual controls while scrolling the whole view. Scroll wheel now only acts on number editors when they already have input focus. Scroll wheel never acts on combo boxes and FilePlayer/Recorder location bars.

• Mac: improved stability of MIDI clock sync generation output. It was stuttering or unreliable with some MIDI devices.

• Fixed intermittent bug on Windows where evaluation period was indicated as expired immediately after first installation.

AudioMulch is an interactive musician's environment for Windows and Mac OS X (Intel processors only). It is used for live electronic music performance and composition. Other uses include mash-up performance, experimental music, sound design, music education and industry research.

AudioMulch is designed for live performance and improvisation. You can process live audio sources, control every knob and slider on the user interface using a MIDI controller, and rapidly reconfigure your patch live via an easy to use, intuitive drag-and-drop interface.

Music is created by patching together a range of sound producing and processing modules - including unique sound mangling contraptions, beat-based modules and VST effects and instrument plug-ins. Unlike some modular environments, AudioMulch's modules perform high-level musical functions so you don't have to create things from scratch using individual oscillators and filters. Other points of difference include its parameter automation timeline, ability to synchronise many effects to the global beat and the Metasurface, a unique effects morphing interface.

AudioMulch features include:

• Sound mangling and audio processing modules including granulators, shifters & shapers, delays and filters.

• Beat-based modules, including a drum machine and an arpeggiator.

• Multitrack live looping functionality.

• VST effect and instrument plug-in support.

• A parameter automation timeline.

• Powerful MIDI control mapping and MIDI routing.

• The unique Metasurface effects morphing interface.

• 256 channels of real-time audio I/O, multichannel file recording and playback.

• MIDI & network sync with other software and hardware.

• Playback and recording support for WAV an AIFF files up to 32-bit/192k.

• ASIO and CoreAudio driver support for low latency audio.